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For most intents and purposes, I am out of touch with popular culture. I didn’t have cable growing up, never played pokemon, and didn’t listen to music until I started exploring Spotify my freshman year of high school. Tech has fascinated me, but I didn’t begin my exploration of the digital world until my first year of high school — I’ll delve into this a bit later. In the eight years since, I’ve had what you might think of as a bell curve of digital media engagement, where my interactions peaked sometime between my senior year of high school and sophomore year of college and are currently on the abrupt decline. | For most intents and purposes, I am out of touch with popular culture. I didn’t have cable growing up, never played pokemon, and didn’t listen to music until I started exploring Spotify my freshman year of high school. Tech has fascinated me, but I didn’t begin my exploration of the digital world until my first year of high school — I’ll delve into this a bit later. In the eight years since, I’ve had what you might think of as a bell curve of digital media engagement, where my interactions peaked sometime between my senior year of high school and sophomore year of college and are currently on the abrupt decline. | ||
| − | A Google search for my full name brings up three hits — my Sweetland Tutoring Consultant profile, my Linkedin, and a link to a Portfolium account containing a presentation I was forced to make as a part of a summer course. One might assume that these three hits indicate that my digital self is a singularly business-focused student intent on presenting the most professional version of herself to the world. That couldn’t be further from the truth. | + | A Google search for my full name brings up three hits — my Sweetland Tutoring Consultant profile, my Linkedin, and a link to a Portfolium account containing a presentation I was forced to make as a part of a summer course. One might assume that these three hits indicate that my digital self is a singularly business-focused student intent on presenting the most professional version of herself to the world. That couldn’t be further from the truth. [[File:Sweetland.png|thumbnail|right|My Sweetland Consultant Profile]] |
| − | Of these three hits, I’d consider my Sweetland profile to be the most genuine version of me. I hold the job itself very near and dear to my heart. I consider writing to be one of the most personal things you can do — even more intimate than speaking, and writing consulting means that you often work with other undergraduate students at varying stages of stress and vulnerability. My Sweetland profile, therefore, is a good balance of casual and professional, which is exactly how I try to approach writing consulting. | + | Of these three hits, I’d consider my Sweetland profile to be the most genuine version of me. I hold the job itself very near and dear to my heart. I consider writing to be one of the most personal things you can do — even more intimate than speaking, and writing consulting means that you often work with other undergraduate students at varying stages of stress and vulnerability. My Sweetland profile, therefore, is a good balance of casual and professional, which is exactly how I try to approach writing consulting. |
Still, these three profiles are a very narrow slice of who I am. I love Sweetland, but it’s not the only extracurricular I have (and in fact, is somewhat different from my focus as a student in the School of Information). I loathe Linkedin wholeheartedly, and if it weren’t required for job applications, I’d delete my profile and never look back. I barely even remember what I put on the presentation for the last hit. I think the main reason for this is because I usually go by Sam and only use Samantha when the situation requires it, so a search for “Samantha Lu” quite naturally filters out all of the parts of myself that I enjoy — my hobbies, passions, talents, and the social media image that I try to tailor. | Still, these three profiles are a very narrow slice of who I am. I love Sweetland, but it’s not the only extracurricular I have (and in fact, is somewhat different from my focus as a student in the School of Information). I loathe Linkedin wholeheartedly, and if it weren’t required for job applications, I’d delete my profile and never look back. I barely even remember what I put on the presentation for the last hit. I think the main reason for this is because I usually go by Sam and only use Samantha when the situation requires it, so a search for “Samantha Lu” quite naturally filters out all of the parts of myself that I enjoy — my hobbies, passions, talents, and the social media image that I try to tailor. | ||
A search for “Sam Lu University of Michigan” is also somewhat unsuccessful. Evidently, there’s a Samuel Lu who graduated from U of M’s College of Engineering in 2016, which was incidentally my first semester on campus. This could certainly be confusing for anyone who didn’t know that I am, indeed, but a small girl. The only hit is a link to my UX Design portfolio, where I redesigned Wolverine Access as a personal project. Again, this is somewhat bland, and doesn’t really give any insight as to who I am. Perhaps one could conclude that Sam Lu is an undergraduate aspiring to break into UX Design after she escapes from college, again, a conclusion that supports the idea that digital me is very much focused on her future. | A search for “Sam Lu University of Michigan” is also somewhat unsuccessful. Evidently, there’s a Samuel Lu who graduated from U of M’s College of Engineering in 2016, which was incidentally my first semester on campus. This could certainly be confusing for anyone who didn’t know that I am, indeed, but a small girl. The only hit is a link to my UX Design portfolio, where I redesigned Wolverine Access as a personal project. Again, this is somewhat bland, and doesn’t really give any insight as to who I am. Perhaps one could conclude that Sam Lu is an undergraduate aspiring to break into UX Design after she escapes from college, again, a conclusion that supports the idea that digital me is very much focused on her future. | ||
Revision as of 16:52, 14 February 2020
Introduction
For most intents and purposes, I am out of touch with popular culture. I didn’t have cable growing up, never played pokemon, and didn’t listen to music until I started exploring Spotify my freshman year of high school. Tech has fascinated me, but I didn’t begin my exploration of the digital world until my first year of high school — I’ll delve into this a bit later. In the eight years since, I’ve had what you might think of as a bell curve of digital media engagement, where my interactions peaked sometime between my senior year of high school and sophomore year of college and are currently on the abrupt decline.
A Google search for my full name brings up three hits — my Sweetland Tutoring Consultant profile, my Linkedin, and a link to a Portfolium account containing a presentation I was forced to make as a part of a summer course. One might assume that these three hits indicate that my digital self is a singularly business-focused student intent on presenting the most professional version of herself to the world. That couldn’t be further from the truth.
Of these three hits, I’d consider my Sweetland profile to be the most genuine version of me. I hold the job itself very near and dear to my heart. I consider writing to be one of the most personal things you can do — even more intimate than speaking, and writing consulting means that you often work with other undergraduate students at varying stages of stress and vulnerability. My Sweetland profile, therefore, is a good balance of casual and professional, which is exactly how I try to approach writing consulting.
Still, these three profiles are a very narrow slice of who I am. I love Sweetland, but it’s not the only extracurricular I have (and in fact, is somewhat different from my focus as a student in the School of Information). I loathe Linkedin wholeheartedly, and if it weren’t required for job applications, I’d delete my profile and never look back. I barely even remember what I put on the presentation for the last hit. I think the main reason for this is because I usually go by Sam and only use Samantha when the situation requires it, so a search for “Samantha Lu” quite naturally filters out all of the parts of myself that I enjoy — my hobbies, passions, talents, and the social media image that I try to tailor.
A search for “Sam Lu University of Michigan” is also somewhat unsuccessful. Evidently, there’s a Samuel Lu who graduated from U of M’s College of Engineering in 2016, which was incidentally my first semester on campus. This could certainly be confusing for anyone who didn’t know that I am, indeed, but a small girl. The only hit is a link to my UX Design portfolio, where I redesigned Wolverine Access as a personal project. Again, this is somewhat bland, and doesn’t really give any insight as to who I am. Perhaps one could conclude that Sam Lu is an undergraduate aspiring to break into UX Design after she escapes from college, again, a conclusion that supports the idea that digital me is very much focused on her future.
